Protestant Gallery

John Calvin and the four syndics at Geneva

John Calvin and the four syndics founding the seminary which became the College of Geneva, 1559.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Quaker in New Amsterdam, 1600s

Quaker woman preaching to Dutch colonists in New Amsterdam (now New York City), 1600s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Massachusetts Puritans removing the cross from the English flag

John Endicott cutting the cross out of the king's banner in Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1600s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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